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By Sean Duffy | Photo by Richard Reilly ST. LOUIS — In September before the Stockley verdict had even been passed down, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was preparing for the fallout. Greitens readied the state’s National Guard the day before the trial concluded, stating that he was “committed to protecting everyone’s constitutional right to protest… Read More

Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join, renew, or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA stories. Over the past few weeks Chicago DSA has been collecting stories from DSA members and non-members alike about their 2016 election-night… Read More

Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join or renew here or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA stories. By Lucie Macias In the year since I joined the Democratic Socialists of America, I’ve lost track of how… Read More

Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join or renew here or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA and election-night stories. By Zach Shearer I remember feeling cold the morning after our country elected Donald Trump. It was… Read More

Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. You know this by now, of course, but a year ago you may have thought it impossible. At the very least you had your doubts. On November 8, 2016, some of us disconnected or went to bed early, only to wake up to a reality… Read More

By Sean Duffy At the height of their power during the first decades of the 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World, commonly referred to as the IWW or the Wobblies, had upwards of 90 affiliated newspapers and other periodicals in print, 30 of which were published right here in Chicago. The papers spanned… Read More

By Colin M. Hill DSA’s highest-elected members convened in Chicago for their quarterly meeting, the first since their election at August’s national convention. Over three rain-drenched days at Chicago’s United Electrical Workers Hall, the 17 members of the National Political Committee (NPC) passed resolutions approving a national Medicare for All campaign, political mentoring for new… Read More

By Ramsin Canon Why does a tree catch fire so easily? Every tree holds in its cells the energy it has absorbed from the sun. We don’t think of trees as energetic, but in fact, to grow like they do, trees have to absorb and store an immense amount of energy. When touched by fire,… Read More

By Ramsin Canon “Primer Red” is our political education series on some basics of radical thought and history. See Part I, on dialectical materialism, here. Part II on Alienation is here. Please share questions, suggestions and submissions for future discussions! After the last year, I’m sure you’re all hankering for a discussion about class. Class… Read More